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W.
S. Gainer
Warmer Places
for Kim and Bonnie
For want of salt
she licked his neck
and dreamed
of salty Margaritas
and someone named
Fernando,
of hidden hideaways,
warmer places,
a beach in Mazatlan –
with him.When she woke
the house was cold,
she tiptoed to the kitchen,
held herself tight,
pulled a chair close
and sat waiting
for the stove
to warm.
—Bill Gainer
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Later
Sometimes
I write poems
that scare her.
She reads them
before I get up,
cries
after I leave
and tells me
about it
later.
—Bill Gainer
A Table With a View
I would have liked to see
a little more of her thigh,
but her skirt only
slipped up so far –
and she was too young
to show any more
and I was too old
to expect it.
But sometimes it’s okay
to wish upon unopened
flowers –
and to tip waitresses
a little more that you should.
Especially
when they give you
a table
with a view.
—Bill Gainer |
Deliberate Departure
Assisted Suicide –
she hates the name,
tells me they should call it
something else,
maybe –
“Deliberate Departure”
says, “it isn’t
what it is,
Assisted Suicide.”
Then offers,
“But,
I would help
you.”
—Bill Gainer
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 Bill
Gainer has contributed to the literary scene as a writer, editor,
promoter, publicist and poet. He is a co-founder and current board
member of the Nevada County Poetry Series.
Bill says he has been privileged to work with a wide range of
writers and poets, from emerging talents to the nationally known.
His work has appeared in The Oregonian, Author and Poet,
Poetry Prevue, The Archer, Major Poets Quarterly, The Auburn
Journal, The Pipeline, The Bukowski Review, The Sacramento News and
Review, Poetry Now, The Placer County’s Art Council’s
“perspectives”, The Tule Review, The Guild to the Arts, Because
People Matter, The Rattlesnake Review and numerous other
journals and anthologies. Ann Menebroker wrote the introduction to
Bill’s latest book Roxy; co-authored with Todd Cirillo and
Will Staple.
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Reprinted from Poetry Now
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